Fragment of Tomb Relief [Tomb of Sety I (KV 17), Sarcophagus chamber J, pillar D]
Unidentified Ancient Egyptian maker
Dynasty 19, reign of Sety I (1294-1279 BCE)
Limestone and pigment
Overall: 4 3/8 × 3 15/16 in. (11.1 × 10 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Frederick Hall, Class of 1803
13.163.4113
Geography
Place Made: Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa
Period
2000-1000 BCE
Object Name
Building Component
Research Area
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Not on view
Inscriptions
Collector's label: "From Tombs of the Kings in lower chamber. Thebes."
Course History
ANTH 12.5, Death and the Afterlife in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Virginia Herrmann, Winter 2014
ANTH 12.5, Death and the Afterlife in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Virginia Herrmann, Winter 2014
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Spring 2015
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Spring 2015
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Fall 2019
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Fall 2019
Exhibition History
Egyptian Antiquities at Dartmouth, Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 12, 2011-August 13, 2012.
Provenance
Tomb of Sety I (KV 17), sarcophagus chamber J, pillar D, Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt; collected by Frederick Hall (1780-1843), Class of 1803, date unknown; given to present collection,1838-1841; catalogued, 1913.
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